The Gods themselves were so taken in by the excellence of perfect design and delicate craftsmanship of the Kesava temple, that they tried to steal it from earth.

The three towers of the Prasanna Channa Kesava temple at Somnathpur were aglow in the early morning light with a group of Indian and foreign tourists alighted under the huge umbrella tree in front of the shrine. They had come a half hour earlier than the scheduled opening of the temple. The resourceful guide anticipating complaining murmurs, ... (more)